2015 delivered another year of solid sustainability performance, with highlights including:

SGS named Industry Leader, Gold Class distinction in the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for both Europe and World regions, for the second consecutive year

SGS named by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as Industrials Sector Leader and Country Leader in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region

SGS remains a carbon neutral company, with absolute CO2 emissions decreasing 5.1%, and greenhouse gas intensity as a proportion of revenue and of headcount decreasing 8.9% and 8.2% respectively. In the same period our Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) grew by more than 2.8%, and revenue grew more than 3.6%

Increasing our investment in communities around the world by 30% (using a 2014 baseline), primarily through volunteering

Linking our management incentive plan to sustainability performance

Frankie Ng, CEO of SGS comments: “With 77 percent of SGS employees recognizing the role that sustainability plays in supporting our business aims, sustainability remains core to what we do and is integral to our strategy and long-term commercial success. Through our innovative sustainability programs, such as our Green Book and Value to Society model, and our extensive portfolio of sustainability services, SGS generates value to society directly as well as through our customers. We remain committed to using our scale and our expertise to enable a more sustainable future and, increasingly, customers are choosing to work with SGS as their trusted partner in building a more sustainable economy.”

About SGS

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognised as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 85,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,800 offices and laboratories around the world.